XN000022-1980-04-28 — Page 4

MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1980

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FOR EXAMPLE IT WOULD REDUCE GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND MIGHT FORCE THE GOVERNMENT TO ENACT NEW TAX OR INCREASE RATES OF EXISTING ONES PAID BY THE HONEST PART OF THE TAX-PAYING POPULATION.

HE STRESSED THAT THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF INVESTIGATORY WORK WAS TO PROVIDE A DETERRENT EFFECT THROUGH THE INCREASING RISK OF DETECTION AND THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES, INCLUDING THE RISK OF PROSECUTION.

+OUR CURRENT PLAN IS TO CONSOLIDATE OUR EFFORTS AND EXPERTISE SO THAT TAX EVASION CAN BE ATTACKED IN A MUCH WIDER FRONT,+ MR AU-YEUNG SAID.

+ IN THE YEARS TO COME IT IS HOPED THAT PEOPLE WILL REALISE 'EVASION' IS NO LONGER A WORTHWHILE UNDERTAKING AS THE RISK OF BEING CAUGHT IS BECOMING GREATER AND GREATER, HE ADDED.

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR KCR-MTR INTERCHANGE

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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY WILL BE LINKED AT AN INTERCHANGE STATION IN KOWLOON TONG IN ABOUT TWO YEARS.

CONTRACT FOR BUILDING THE $75.7 MILLION INTERCHANGE STATION WAS AWARDED TO PAUL Y CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED, AND WAS SIGNED THIS (MONDAY) MORNING BETWEEN MR WONG MANG-KI, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL ENGINEER, OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND MR GEORGE C. TSO OF THE COMPANY.

MR WONG SAID THAT WHEN COMPLETED IN 1982, THE STATION WOULD FORM A VITAL LINK FOR THE NEW MODERN ELECTRIC TRAINS OF THE KCR AND THE MTR AND PROVIDE BETTER FACILITIES FOR PASSENGERS.

+BY THEN, THE KCR WILL CARRY PASSENGERS FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES TO KOWLOON TONG FROM WHERE THE MTR WILL CONVENIENTLY TAKE THEM TO THEIR DESTINATIONS IN OTHER URBAN AREAS, HE SAID.

MR WONG SAID WORK ON THE CONTRACT WOULD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION AT GROUND LEVEL OF A STATION BUILDING, A RAILWAY PLATFORM AND CANOPIES.

+UNDERGROUND THE AIR-CONDITIONED CONCOURSES OF KCR AND MTR WILL BE LINKED, HE ADDED.

+THE ENTRANCE TO THE KCR CONCOURSE WILL BE A LANDSCAPED PLAZA AT THE JUNCTION OF KENT ROAD AND SUFFOLK ROAD,+ SAID MR WONG DESCRIBING THE DESIGN AS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR KCR.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND WORK WILL BE SUPERVISED BY TRANSMARK, CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE IR SUB-CONSULTANT, YUNCKEN FREEMAN HONG KONG, UNDER THE OVERALL SUPERVISION OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE PWD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE.